The Best FIFA Football Coach

The Best FIFA Football Coach is an association football award given annually to the men's and women's football coaches who are considered to have performed the best in the previous 12 months.

The Best FIFA Football Coach
First award	2016
Final award	2024
Currently held by	Men's: Carlo Ancelotti (1st award) Women's: Emma Hayes (2nd award)
Most wins	Men's: Jürgen Klopp (2 awards) Women's: Sarina Wiegman (4 awards)
Website	FIFA.com

History

The selection criteria for the coaches of the year is: performance and general behaviour of their teams on and off the pitch.

The votes are decided by media representatives, national team coaches, and national team captains. In October 2016, it was announced that the general public would also be allowed to vote.^[1] Each group gets 25% of the overall vote.

The Best FIFA Men's Coach Award winners

Year	Rank	Coach	Team(s) managed	Votes
2016	1st	Claudio Ranieri	Leicester City	22.06%
	2nd	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid Castilla Real Madrid	16.56%
	3rd	Fernando Santos	Portugal	16.24%
2017	1st	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid	46.22%
	2nd	Antonio Conte	Chelsea	11.62%
	3rd	Massimiliano Allegri	Juventus	8.78%
2018	1st	Didier Deschamps	France	30.52%
	2nd	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid	25.74%
	3rd	Zlatko Dalić	Croatia	11.81%
2019	1st	Jürgen Klopp	Liverpool	48
	2nd	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	38
	3rd	Mauricio Pochettino	Tottenham Hotspur	27
2020	1st	Jürgen Klopp	Liverpool	24 (won based on more votes from national team coaches)
	2nd	Hansi Flick	Bayern Munich	24
	3rd	Marcelo Bielsa	Leeds United	11
2021	1st	Thomas Tuchel	Paris Saint-Germain Chelsea	28
	2nd	Roberto Mancini	Italy	15
	3rd	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	14
2022	1st	Lionel Scaloni	Argentina	28
	2nd	Carlo Ancelotti	Real Madrid	17
	3rd	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	12
2023	1st	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	28
	2nd	Luciano Spalletti	Napoli  Italy	18
	3rd	Simone Inzaghi	Inter Milan	11
2024	1st	Carlo Ancelotti	Real Madrid	26
	2nd	Xabi Alonso	Bayer Leverkusen	22
	3rd	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	10

Overall total

Rank	Coach	First place	Second place	Third place	Team(s) managed
1	Jürgen Klopp	2	0	0	Liverpool
2	Zinedine Zidane	1	2	0	Real Madrid Castilla Real Madrid
3	Pep Guardiola	1	1	3	Manchester City
4	Carlo Ancelotti	1	1	0	Real Madrid
5	Lionel Scaloni	1	0	0	Argentina
	Claudio Ranieri	1	0	0	Leicester City
	Thomas Tuchel	1	0	0	Paris Saint-Germain Chelsea
	Didier Deschamps	1	0	0	France
9	Xabi Alonso	0	1	0	Bayer Leverkusen
	Antonio Conte	0	1	0	Chelsea
	Hansi Flick	0	1	0	Bayern Munich
	Roberto Mancini	0	1	0	Italy
	Luciano Spalletti	0	1	0	Napoli  Italy
14	Fernando Santos	0	0	1	Portugal
	Massimiliano Allegri	0	0	1	Juventus
	Zlatko Dalić	0	0	1	Croatia
	Mauricio Pochettino	0	0	1	Tottenham Hotspur
	Marcelo Bielsa	0	0	1	Leeds United
	Simone Inzaghi	0	0	1	Inter Milan

The Best FIFA Women's Coach Award winners

Year	Rank	Coach	Team(s) managed	Votes
2016	1st	Silvia Neid	Germany	29.99%
	2nd	Jill Ellis	United States	16.68%
	3rd	Pia Sundhage	Sweden	16.47%
2017	1st	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands	36.24%
	2nd	Nils Nielsen	Denmark	12.64%
	3rd	Gerard Precheur	Lyon	9.37%
2018	1st	Reynald Pedros	Lyon	23.15%
	2nd	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands	15.31%
	3rd	Asako Takakura	Japan	12.80%
2019	1st	Jill Ellis	United States	48
	2nd	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands	40
	3rd	Phil Neville	England	31
2020	1st	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands	26
	2nd	Jean-Luc Vasseur	Lyon	20
	3rd	Emma Hayes	Chelsea	12
2021	1st	Emma Hayes	Chelsea	22
	2nd	Lluís Cortés	Barcelona  Ukraine	19
	3rd	Sarina Wiegman	Netherlands  England	14
2022	1st	Sarina Wiegman	England	28
	2nd	Sonia Bompastor	Lyon	18
	3rd	Pia Sundhage	Brazil	10
2023	1st	Sarina Wiegman	England	28
	2nd	Emma Hayes	Chelsea	18
	3rd	Jonatan Giraldez	Barcelona	14
2024	1st	Emma Hayes	Chelsea  United States	23
	2nd	Jonatan Giráldez	Barcelona Washington Spirit	20
	3rd	Arthur Elias	Corinthians  Brazil	13

Overall total

Rank	Coach	First place	Second place	Third place	Team(s) managed
1	Sarina Wiegman	4	2	1	Netherlands  England
2	Emma Hayes	2	1	1	Chelsea  United States
3	Jill Ellis	1	1	0	United States
4	Silvia Neid	1	0	0	Germany
	Reynald Pedros	1	0	0	Lyon
6	Jonatan Giráldez	0	1	1	Barcelona Washington Spirit
7	Lluís Cortés	0	1	0	Barcelona  Ukraine
	Nils Nielsen	0	1	0	Denmark
	Jean-Luc Vasseur	0	1	0	Lyon
	Sonia Bompastor	0	1	0	Lyon
10	Pia Sundhage	0	0	2	Sweden
11	Gerard Precheur	0	0	1	Lyon
	Asako Takakura	0	0	1	Japan
	Phil Neville	0	0	1	England
	Arthur Elias	0	0	1	Corinthians  Brazil

See also

• Association football portal
• Women's association football portal
• Sports portal

• List of sports awards honoring women
• The Best FIFA Football Awards
• FIFA World Coach of the Year (2010–2015)